OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe heads toward Earth for Sept. 24 sample delivery (www.space.com)
Over 5,200 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say (abcnews.go.com)
Over 3,000 people feared dead, another 10,000 missing after flooding in Libya, officials say (abcnews.go.com)
Kim Jong-un offers Putin ‘full support’ in Russia’s ‘sacred fight’ with west (www.theguardian.com)
333 million children live in extreme poverty: UNICEF (www.lemonde.fr)
The Covid-19 pandemic caused a sharp slowdown in the fight to end child poverty, with 333 million children still living in extreme poverty, according to a report published on Wednesday, September 13....
Hundreds buried in mass graves as Libya reels from devastating flooding (www.aljazeera.com)
Emergency workers uncovered hundreds of bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna, and it is feared the toll could spiral, with 10,000 people still reported missing after floodwaters from Storm Daniel smashed through dams and washed away entire neighbourhoods....
Putin Goes Full MAGA: Welcomes Trump’s Ukraine Plan and Rages About His ‘Persecution’ (www.thedailybeast.com)
1er aniversario! (mujico.org)
Solo vine a festejar mi primer aniversario…...
Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of meth, U.N. says (www.nbcnews.com)
Kim Jong Un’s Train Appears Bound for Russia for Putin Talks (www.bloomberg.com)
Frustrated China steps up warship and fighter plane activity around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has sent a carrier strike group and dozens of warplanes into the region around Taiwan in one of its biggest operations in months. The activity comes as Beijing accuses the US and Canada of “inciting conflict” by sailing through the Taiwan Strait, and as Xi Jinping calls for “comprehensive” military combat readiness...
Hong Kong’s multimillion dollar cliffside mansions on brink of collapse after record rains (www.theguardian.com)
Kitagawa's sexual abuse: the other side of the Japanese teen-idol market (www.asianews.it)
Libya floods: Entire neighbourhoods dragged into the sea (www.bbc.com)
Russian Embassy Releases Map Recognizing Crimea as Ukraine's (www.newsweek.com)
The Russian Embassy in South Africa has shared a map online that shows illegally annexed Crimea as part of Ukraine....
European Commission bans Russians from entering EU by car, with valuables (global.espreso.tv)
A man in Sweden found guilty of storing his partner’s dead body in a freezer to cash in her pension (apnews.com)
A Swedish court on Monday sentenced a 57-year-old Norwegian man for fraud and falsifying records for putting his dead partner in a freezer and cashing in her pension. He was given a 3.5-year prison term....
Israeli Supreme Court hears first challenge to Netanyahu's divisive judicial overhaul (apnews.com)
Israel’s Supreme Court heard the first challenge Tuesday to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, deepening a showdown with the far-right government that has bitterly divided the nation and put it on the brink of a constitutional crisis....
Police discover 80 Russian torture chambers in Ukraine (www.ukrinform.net)
Putin's top doctor who 'has inside knowledge of despot's medical secrets' is arrested by FSB after he was caught 'trying to escape Russia via Belarus' (www.dailymail.co.uk)
Putin’s top doctor, who is believed to have inside knowledge of despot’s medical secrets, has been arrested by the FSB after he was caught ‘seeking to flee the country’....
Yoon's office calls on Russia to 'act responsibly' ahead of Kim-Putin summit (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
Outcry over official Spanish definition of Jew as ‘greedy or usurious’ person (www.timesofisrael.com)
Libyan city buries 700 people killed in devastating floods as 10,000 are reported missing (apnews.com)
Libya’s eastern city of Derna has buried 700 people killed in devastating flooding and 10,000 were reported missing as rescue teams struggled to retrieve many more bodies from the horrific deluge, officials said Tuesday....
How Russia drafts migrants to fight in Ukraine (www.dw.com)
Russia needs soldiers, and its authorities are increasingly turning to migrants to fill the military’s ranks. Guest workers from Central Asian countries are often rounded up on the street, taken to recruitment offices and pressured into signing contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry. This process can involve threats and...
Chinese city hunts for dozens of crocodiles (www.dw.com)
Chinese media reported on Tuesday that more than 70 crocodiles had escaped after deluges in Guangdong province caused a lake at a crocodile farm to overflow....
